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Augustine Sedgewick looks at how fathers' roles and impact have evolved over time in “Fatherhood: A History of Love and Power.” The' Andrew DeMillo writes that the book ...

In 15th-century Florence, the powerful Medici family financed many of the era’s greatest artists. The Florentine branch of the family made its fortunes in textiles and banking. (See also ...

However, this too-perfect tale conceals a more pragmatic reality—the slow rise to supreme power of a family of minor Tuscan notables. Had the history of Florence ended ... historian Jacques Heers in ...

The corridor was built by Florence’s powerful Medici family to allow them to move secretly and safely from one part of the historic Italian city to another. “It’s a reopening that allows us ...

In 16th-century Tuscany, the ruling Medici family sometimes received diplomatic ... Florence and the future — to think about how this history can help us conceptualise and realise new works ...

They were created by the Medici family, after it returned to power in 1532 following the fall of the Florentine Republic, according to scholar Massimo Casprini, who has written a book about them ...

Catherine de’ Medici was born a piece on a political chessboard in 1519. Orphaned before she was a month old in her native Italy, this Catholic daughter of a French princess and a Florentine ...

In the tapestry of business history, few threads shine as brightly ... let's journey back to 15th-century Florence, where the Medici family's banking empire offers a compelling example of the ...

The book is dedicated to your parents ... I stumbled across this PBS documentary series about the history of the Medici family—I watched it all. It sparked something in my brain.

Born in 1519 to the powerful Medici family of Florence ... It certainly was, and this book is a treat for fans of well-told history. Contrary to the overly dramatic storyline of the TV biopic ...